Evidencia 7: Taller: "Talking about Logistics, workshop"

MILTON FERNEY PARRA

MEDINA

CENTRO DE MATERIALES Y ENSAYOS

GESTIÓN LOGÍSTICA
FICHA: 2281705
AGOSTO 2022
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IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS:

SIX SIGM

Theory: Six Sigma claims that focusing on reduction of variation will solve process and business
problems.

Application guidelines: Six Sigma includes five steps: define, measure, analyze, improve and control.

Focus: Focusing on the primary area of variation reduction produces other secondary effects, too.
Quality is improved. Process investigation produces the reevaluation of the value added status of many
elements. Some elements are modified, while others are discontinued. Elements are refined and
improved. Mistakes and opportunities for mistakes are reduced
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Lean thinking

Theory: Lean thinking is sometimes called lean manufacturing, the Toyota production system or other
names. Lean focuses on the removal of waste, which is defined as anything not necessary to produce the
product or service.

Application guidelines:

1. Identify which features create value.

2. Identify the sequence of activities called the value stream.
3. Make the activities flow.
4. Let the customer pull product or service through the process
5. Perfect the process

Focus: While lean focuses on removing waste and improving flow, it too has some secondary effects. Quality
is improved. The product spends less time in process, reducing the chances of damage or obsolescence.
Simplification of processes results in reduction of variation. As the company looks at all the activities in the
value stream, the system constraint is removed, and performance is improved.
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Theory of constraints (TOC)

Theory: TOC focuses on system improvement. A system is defined as a series of interdependent

processes. An analogy for a system is the chain: a group of interdependent links working together
toward the overall goal. The constraint is a weak link.

Application guidelines: TOC consists of five steps,

1.Identify the constraint.

2. Exploit the constraint.
3. Subordinate other processes to the constraint.
4. Elevate the constraint.
5. Repeat the cycle.

Focus: By focusing on constraints, this methodology produces positive effects on the flow time of the product
or service through the system. Reduction of waste in the constraint increases throughput and improves
throughput time. When the constraint is improved, variation is reduced, and quality is improved.
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Obstacles to the improvement methodologies

There are major obstacles to the improvement methodologies:

• They address management theory as a secondary or tertiary issue.

• They don’t address policies, either formal or informal.

• They don’t address how managers are measured and rewarded for process improvements.

• They don’t address the general theory of management used by the organization.

• They don’t address the organization’s values.